Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission

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{{Infobox SCOTUS case

|Litigants=Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission

|ArgueDate=March 17

|ArgueYear=1980

|DecideDate=June 20

|DecideYear=1980

|FullName=Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Incorporated v. Public Service Commission of New York

|USVol=447

|USPage=530

|ParallelCitations=100 S. Ct. 2326; 65 L. Ed. 2d 319; 1980 U.S. LEXIS 6; 6 Media L. Rep. 1518; 34 P.U.R.4th 208

|Prior=402 N.Y.S.2d 551 (N.Y. Sup.Ct. 1978); reversed, 407 N.Y.S.2d 735 (N.Y. Sup.Ct.App.Div. 1978); affirmed, 390 N.E.2d 749 (N.Y. 1979)

|Subsequent=On remand, reversed and remanded, 413 N.E.2d 365 (N.Y. 1980)

|Holding=The First Amendment, as applied through the Fourteenth, protects the right of utility companies to include inserts on matters of controversial public policy with billing statements.

|Majority=Powell

|JoinMajority=Burger, Brennan, Stewart, White, Marshall

|Concurrence=Marshall

|Concurrence2=Stevens

|Dissent=Blackmun

|JoinDissent=Rehnquist (parts I, II)

|LawsApplied=U.S. Const. amend. I; N.Y. Pub. Serv. Law §§ 4, 5, 65, 66

}}

Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission, 447 U.S. 530 (1980), was a United States Supreme Court decision addressing the free speech rights of public utility corporations under the First Amendment.{{ussc|name=Consolidated Edison Co. v. Public Service Commission|volume=447|page=530|pin=532|year=1980}}. In a majority opinion written by Justice Lewis Powell, the Court invalidated an order by the New York Public Service Commission that prohibited utility companies from including inserts on controversial matters of public policy with billing statements.Consolidated Edison Co., 447 U.S. at 544.